Cardiac tumours: Their manifestations through atypical symptoms;Herztumoren - Manifestation durch uncharakteristische Symptomatik

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 122, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 551-557

  Hoppe, U C ^a,b   La Rosee K ^a,b   Beuckelmann, D J ^a,b   Erdmann, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030950049     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1047653     Document Type: Review

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